par Arifon, Olivier
Référence The Changing World of International News in the 21st Century: The Impact of Digital Technology (2009: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
Publication Non publié, 2009
Communication à un colloque
Résumé : Olivier Arifon, associate professor in communication, FARE Unit research, Strasbourg UniversityIt’s a common assertion to say that digital technology has changed the management of information, the ways of elaborating it and even the concepts used to describe information and communication phenomenon. For instance, the Information Society concept has emerged in the 90’s (WGIG, 2005, Unesco, 2005)[1]; the possibilities issued by the web 2.0 after 2005 (OECD, 2007)[2]. First, we examine the concept of Information society and then one related to Web 2.0 concept and their effects on journalism with the appraisal of the citizen journalism. In order to evaluate the effects on international news, we present the case of France 24, the international channel 24/7, and one on China Daily, the English speaking newspaper in China. The discussion will lead to a conclusion: the difficulty to manage information and the questions of credibility and professionalism in our digital society. At the origin elaborated by economists, an information society is a society in which the creation, distribution, diffusion, uses, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity. The information and digital technologies are in a central position, for access, for development and for its role to modify the relations, for example between citizens and governments. According to literature, tracing the origin of the concept is one of the difficulty (Crawford, 1983). It has moved from the specialty of economics, where it was first abstracted, to the communication sciences (Wolton, 2005). Very rapidly, it caught on in the mass media, where it has been endowed with many meanings, to finally be adopted by international organisations developing dedicated programs, such as the ones by Unesco, OECD or Council of Europe driven by the idea that access, communication and knowledge will contribute to better societies.